2008 Kazakhstan President Cup (football)
# 2008 Kazakhstan President Cup (football)

The 1st Kazakhstan President Cup was played from April 26 to April 30, 2008 in Almaty. 8 youth teams participated in the tournament (players were born no earlier than 1992.)

## Participants

| Team | Group | Result | Participation in a tournament | In a row | Last participation | The best result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ADO Den Haag | A | 5th | 1 | 1 | debut | debut |
| Beşiktaş | В | Winner | 1 | 1 | debut | debut |
| CSKA | A | 2nd | 1 | 1 | debut | debut |
| Dinamo | B | 7th | 1 | 1 | debut | debut |
| Ole Brasil | A | 4th | 1 | 1 | debut | debut |
| Spartak | B | 3rd | 1 | 1 | debut | debut |
| Tsesna | A | 8th | 1 | 1 | debut | debut |
| Zenit | А | 6th | 1 | 1 | debut | debut |

## Venues

The match of opening and the final took place at the Central Stadium. Other matches took place at T.Ryskulov NEU Stadium.

Almaty :

| Central Stadium |
| - |
| Attendance: 23 804 |
| | Central Stadium | Central Stadium |

Almaty :

| T.Ryskulov NEU Stadium |
| - |
| Attendance: 4 000 |
| | T.Ryskulov NEU Stadium | T.Ryskulov NEU Stadium |

## Format

The tournament is held in two stages. At the first stage, eight teams are divided into two qualification groups (A and B). Competitions of the first stage were held on circular system. The winners of the groups advance to the final, while the group runners-up meet to determine third place.

## Group stage

All times UTC+6

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CSKA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| Ole Brasil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| ADO Den Haag | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| Tsesna | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beşiktaş | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 |
| Spartak | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 |
| Zenit | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 |
| Dinamo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |

## Statistics

### Awards

* The best player of a tournament

Brazil Andrew Arici (Ole Brasil)

* Goalscorer of a tournament

Turkey Alper Çakiroglu (Beşiktaş;5 goals)

* The best goalkeeper of a tournament

Russia Lev Gorelik (Zenit)

* The best defender of a tournament

Turkey Ozmen Sezer (Beşiktaş)

* The best midfielder of a tournament

Russia Petr Ten (CSKA)

* The best forward of a tournament

Netherlands Thomas Verheijdt (ADO Den Haag)

* Prize of spectator sympathies

Kazakhstan Alibek Sambiyev (Tsesna)

### Prize money

According to FFK, the prize fund of a tournament will make 20,000 $. "The teams which took 1, 2 and 3 place will be received, respectively 10,000, 6,000 and 4,000 $.

